John Hedgecoe's Complete Guide to Photography

by John Hedgecoe

Presents an instruction guide for taking professional-quality photographs, discussing basic techniques, color, composition, subject matter, different types of cameras, lenses, and film, and a special chapter on digital photography.

Genres: Photography, Reference, Nonfiction

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

John Hedgecoe (24 March 1932 – 3 June 2010) was an award-winning British photographer and author of over 30 books on photography. He established the photography department in 1965 at the Royal College of Art, where he was Professor from 1975 to 1994 and Professor Emeritus until his death. He was also Pro-Rector of the college from 1981 to 1993. His photographs appear in permanent collections at the New York Museum of Modern Art and London's National Portrait Gallery.

"Professor John Hedgecoe was a photographer who took the portrait of the Queen which is used on British postage stamps; as such he is credited with the planet's most reproduced image, which has so far sold more than 200 billion copies." (The Telegraph)

Reviews

[Nathan Baugh · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the whole book and probably got a good amount of things out of it but really this book is more so for reference than to read. Either way there is a lot of good information.

[Nathan Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great text, but I just couldn't get past the fact that the book is black and white. I learned a lot of the techincal aspects to photography.